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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Climate change : The process by which the climate changes due to “forcings”. The biggest issues of the age include climate change and resource depletion, an issue that will affect coming generations as previous generations add to the depletion and environmental damage.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

ESA

Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. Executive Branch White House approves Willow oil project in Alaska.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties, or COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022, ESA seeks ecological experts to include in a media advisory highlighting our members’ expertise in climate change and biodiversity. 7, 2022.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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Louisiana’s seafood culture at risk due to climate change, officials say – Nola.com. Moore is a distinguished research professor in the department of entomology at the University of Georgia and the associate deal for research in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. International. 14 to 21, 2022.

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Community Science to the Rescue

Academy of Natural Sciences

On a beautiful sunny day in early summer, a group of community scientists led by Ron Smith — a Drexel University BEES instructor and high school environmental science teacher — was making the most of the beachy breeze on the Delaware Bay. With climate change and shifting water levels, comes land shape and access changes, too.

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Policy News: February 14, 2022

ESA

Morris (State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry), W. The NSF provisions of the America COMPETES Act creates a new NSF Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions. House hearing puts pressure on American oil companies’ climate pledges – The Washington Post. E&E News.

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100 Days of Anti-Environmental Mayhem

Legal Planet

Regulatory Rollbacks EPA announced plans to roll back thirty-one environmental actions. These included Biden climate-change regulations, but also protections against air pollution that are important to public health and water pollution limits for coal plants. The list also included a repeal of the Obama-era Endangerment Finding.